Encoding issues with Windows gvim

I have a utf-16-le based file with a bom which I can view on a linux host with vi without issue:

# file utf16.txt
utf16.txt: Little-endian UTF-16 Unicode text, with CRLF line terminators

# od -t x1 -N 2 utf16.txt
0000000 ff fe
0000002

It opens and appears as expected with vi at the console (see vim_linux.png).

However on Windows when I reload it with :e ++ff=dos ++enc=utf-16le it displays as the attached gvim_windows.png. No incantation of settings I can come up allow me to open and edit this on Windows.

Anyone have an idea how to accomplish this?

Thanks.

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